Clive Palmer has had an emergency meeting with the State Government to save Queensland Nickel and the jobs of 700 workers. Mr Palmer’s north Queensland Yabulu refinery is seeking almost $50...
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A parliamentary report into the fly-in fly-out work practices in regional Queensland has slammed ‘postcode discrimination’ and has called for change. The report, released on Friday, recommends...
A man has faced court, accused of starting the fire that burned for 45-days at the Hazelwood Mine in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The 20 year-old from Gippsland, appeared in the Latrobe Valley...
FOURTEEN indigenous women will be climbing behind the wheel as haul truck operators as part of a new iniative, Sisters in Mining. The women, from Woorabinda in central Queensland, will be up-skilled...
Mirani MP Jim Pearce has hit out at mining companies in State Parliament this week. Mr Pearce spoke passionately in parliament about the direction of the current mining industry. “We should not...
AS workers took part in traditional Labour Day marches across Queensland, the LNP embarked on a deliberate campaign to create distress for thousands of workers employed in the state’s electricity...
MAYOR of Queensland’s largest mining region Anne Baker is seizing the opportunity to lodge a submission to the State Government’s inquiry into fly-in, fly-out workforce practices, and encourages the...
The head of the Resources Council is steaming from the ears over the latest report on mining royalties from The Australia Institute calling it a “work of fiction”. Chief Executive of the...
After blocking the Queensland State Government’s attempt to award the lease to multinational mining company Glencore, the traditional owners of the Wik and Wik Way land in Cape York have signed...
The State Government has today announced their approval of the environment impact statement (EIS) for Arrow’s Bowen Gas Project (BGP), near Moranbah in Central Queensland. The announcement comes hot...
